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Related: About this forumFighting Creeping Creationism: Two fantastic interviews on Bill Moyers & Company last night.
Highly recommended.
Fighting Creeping Creationism
March 1, 2013
Zack Kopplin on fighting the onslaught of creationism and Susan Jacoby on the challenges of free thinking in America.
http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-fighting-creeping-creationism/
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)acceptable to humans with anything resembling critical thought.
And since "god did it" just doesn't cut it anymore, does it spell the end of deity worship? I hope so. We are ready, as a species, to move beyond such childish ideas.
longship
(40,416 posts)And the GOP governors who sign into law the idiotic bills that utterly destroy science education in their states.
Jindal says that the GOP is acting stupid after signing a similar bill into law in LA.
Mind numbing hypocrisy.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)an effort to control people through fear and superstition. And while it may have immediate, short-term effect, in the end, it all gets overturned and people see it for what it is; Opiate for the masses.
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)power and control, half of the ones pushing creationism probably don't even believe it.
jonthebru
(1,034 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 2, 2013, 03:13 PM - Edit history (1)
that the creationism scam is but one religious belief.
The ancient and some present Hawaiians have a chant that takes the Earth's and life's creation into consideration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumulipo
http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=beckwit2&l=en
Here is a magazine article about the Kumulipo explaining it in an easily digestible manner:
http://www.mauimagazine.net/Maui-Magazine/November-December-2008/Into-the-Source/
In a truly free culture that practiced freedom of Religious belief, the Kumulipo would be a respected teaching.
The fact that Religious fundamentalists feel that they are the only belief to be taught is very bad, unconstitutional and shows a downfall of our society.
Their goal without a doubt is to replace our government with a Theocracy where their belief would be the controlling law in the United States. We must prevent that at all costs.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)It is great to have a young person from the South actively fighting this and being successful.
We need more of him.
pinto
(106,886 posts)Articulate, objective, gets the big picture - separation of church / state. Admire his willingness to put himself out there and commitment to the long haul, at 19 while handling a course load at Rice.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)He's articulate, thoughtful, personable and very bright.
I see good things in his future!